Brother HL-5140 manual

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    PRINTERS 15 14 *Additional purchase required. 1 Approximate Toner Cartridge yield based on 5% page coverage (letter). 2 Drum yield is approximate and may vary by type of use. 3 See User’s Guide or ask Brother representative for details. 4 PostScript ® 3™ language emulation. 5 Ships with starter cartridge. 6 Cables not included. 7 Some advanced[...]

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    PRINTERS 16 17 Specifications TECHNOLOGY Print Speed Up to 25 ppm Up to 30 ppm Maximum Print Resolution 1200 x 1200 dpi 1200 x 1200 dpi M emory (standard/maximum*) 3 2MB / 160MB 3 2MB / 288MB COMP A TIBILITY Printer Drivers Windows ® 95/98/ Me/NT 4.0/2000/XP , Mac ® OS 8.6-9.2, OS X 10.1/10.2.1-10.3 or gre ater, PostScript ® 3 PPD Windows ® 95/[...]

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    PRINTERS 18 19 Specifications TECHNOLOGY Print Speed Up to 30 ppm Up to 35 ppm M aximum Print Resolution 1 200 x 1200 dpi 1 200 x 1200 dpi Memory (standard/maximum*) 32MB / 288MB 64MB / 576MB COMP A TIBILITY P rinter Drivers W indows ® 9 5/98/ Me/NT 4.0/2000/XP , Mac ® OS 8.6-9.2, O SX 10.1/10.2.1-10.3 or gre ater, PostScript ® 3 PPD W indows ®[...]